The Management of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Kogi State, north central Nigeria,have declared a three – day mourning period in honour of its two students killed by bandits on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
Olufunke Hudson (Ms), the Registrar of the university, confirmed the declaration of the mourning period in a statement on Sunday in Lokoja.
The students killed are James Michael Anajuwe, a 100 level Information Technology student and Musa Hussein, a 100 level Software Engineering student.
Sources said they were killed at the kidnappers’ hideout in Kwara State on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
Both Anajuwe and Hussein were among unspecified number of students kidnapped from the university in the evening of Thursday, May 9, 2024.
Hudson said : “It is with deep pain that the Management of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara hereby declares three days of mourning over the death of two of our students who were kidnapped on Thursday, 9th May and killed on Saturday, 25th May, 2024.
“All activities in the university are to be held low-key from Monday, 27th to Wednesday, 29th May, 2024 in memory of our departed students.
“The Management shares in the pains of the parents, family, and colleagues of our dearly beloved deceased students, and we use this medium to condole with them.
“We wish to assure the parents, guardians, and the university community that the Kogi State government is making concerted efforts to ensure the safe release of the remaining students from captivity.
“We urge everyone to be calm and maintain the peace as the Visitor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, is leaving no stone unturned in his efforts at making sure that the students are released safely.
“May the Almight God grant the souls of our departed students eternal repose,”she prayed.
